Dipankar Ghosh - Mountaineer, Photographer, Writer

Expedition Reports

21st May, 2011. We were descending from the summit of Mt. Everest. We could not take our eyes off Mt. Lhotse. We were spellbound by the grandeur and beauty of the resplendent massif that stood before us.

Half an hour ago, I was not sure whether I would get at least one fair chance to fight. Now, it gave me goose bumps to think that I had actually commenced the summit bid. The moment had finally arrived for me to fulfill my dream - the dream that I had nurtured in my mind for years.

Run, run, run. Suddenly, Kim and Zeen took to their heels. They jumped over the rocks, dodged the trees-synergizing the hooting sound they expelled from their lungs while they climbed up and whooshed down the uneven trail.

Of late, there had been an upsurge in the passion of climbing eight thousanders among the civilian mountaineers of the country. Whatever might be the cause but I was pondering on some of its effects lately.

The triumvirate – Everest, Lohtse and Makalu stood athwart the azure sky of Nepal like the three great Gods of Hindus. I had already paid my homage at the feet of first two and on 12th of April, 2013 I started off from Kolkata on my pilgrimage to the third Mecca of Mountaineers – Makalu.

Leader's report on Peak 6125 expedition undertaken in September, 2015. The peak is located in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh. As per the leader, Sri Dipankar Ghosh - "To best of our knowledge and information both the peaks were hitherto unclimbed and unnamed".

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